John Lewis & Partners has launched a pilot at its Oxford shop to encourage a ‘reduce, reuse & return’ culture among customers which could provide a blueprint for other shops. The pilot will test eight ways in which the retailer and its customers can reduce their impact on the planet, …
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John Lewis & Partners introduced a pilot scheme at its Oxford shop last Friday (October 4), inviting customers to return ‘preloved’ clothes in exchange for payment per item. Through this ‘BuyBack’ trial, the shop is accepting items from any womenswear and menswear brands stocked at John Lewis, from its 20,000 …
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HOUSE will open its first store in the UK today (Monday April 16) at Westgate shopping centre in Oxford. The retailer is offering a one-off discount offer today of 15% off all products (excluding electricals), to shoppers who register their details online. A post on House’s Facebook page reads: ‘The …
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Oxford department store Boswells has compiled a list of the 10 oldest labels on its shelves – all of which are well over 150 years old. Boswells, which has been trading since 1738, is the Oxfordshire city’s largest independent department store. It specialises in housewares, gifts, linens, luggage, cosmetics, pharmacy …
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Total sales at John Lewis for last week (to Saturday October 21) totalled £86.7 million: down 4.7% on last year. The department store group’s head of shop trade for Scotland and North Barry Matheson attributed the performance to “the continuing mild weather”. He said Home sales were down 6.6% on the …
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John Lewis has revealed details of a ‘concierge style’ shopping experience which will be offered at its new Oxford store. The department store group is the anchor tenant of the new 800,000sq ft Westgate Oxford retail-led mixed use development, which opens in the Oxfordshire city on Tuesday (October 24). The …
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John Lewis is recruiting staff for around 300 new jobs at its first ever store in Oxford, which opens in four months. The 120,000sq ft outlet, which represents an £18m investment in the Oxfordshire city by the retailer, will launch alongside other shops at the £440 million Westgate Oxford development …
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